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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Chaos Arc
Chapter 19: Suddenly facing your fear
Daniel sighed and sat down in his chair, looking out at the sun. ("I miss Jennie so much…") It had been about a month since he had seen his wife, and honestly it was getting boring around here. ("The only person I can talk to is Ichigo, and what am I going to say to him? He's always busy or studying…")
His thoughts flashed back to Rikuo, and he groaned. ("Darn it…why won't Rykiel just show himself…")
("If you wanted to fight me already, then all you had to do was ask.") Daniel's blood ran cold at the voice that ran in his head and an explosion sent him flying against the back wall of his office.
"Mister Pilkington, what was that…?" Daniel's secretary poked her head into the door, screamed, and then Daniel heard the door slam shut.
"Daniel Pilkington…the other half of the puzzle," Rykiel, who was wearing his huge black cloak, approached the fallen Daniel slowly. "I'm here to finish my business with you."
Daniel stumbled to his feet and glared at the genetic demon angrily. "Did you have to blow a hole in my office wall?"
Lifting his arm, Rykiel's duel disk slid into place and a shroud of darkness fell across the room, leaving the two standing in the darkness realm. "I hope you're ready to face a punishment like that of Rikuo's."
"When I beat you, I'm going to undo what you did to him." Daniel picked up his duel disk and slid his deck into it. "Let's begin!"
Daniel- 4000
Rykiel- 4000
Rykiel drew. "Since I threw the gauntlet, I'll go first." He smirked calmly enough to reveal a single fang. "I'm curious to see if you've improved at all in this time." Two cards were slid into his disk. "I set two cards face-down and one monster in defense mode. End turn."
Daniel drew. ("Rykiel's strategy is impossible to pin down. It's such a random mix that there's no specific way to counter it.") "I summon Red Gadget (1300/1500) in defense mode!" A red robot appeared on his field in a crouching position. Taking a card out of his deck, he inserted into his hand. "This monster lets me take a Yellow Gadget (1200/1200) from my deck and add it to my hand." Then he slid two cards into his disk. "Also, I set two cards face-down and end my turn."
Rykiel drew. "You're going to try to use your Mobile Fortress Stronghold combo in the next turn." Shaking his head, the genetic demon slid a card into his disk. "From my hand, I activate the magic card Balance Crash. This card will only work if we have the same number of magic and trap cards on the field. If this is so…" An explosion echoed across the field and blew all six cards away. "…then everything will be destroyed."
Daniel's eyes widened in surprise.
Rykiel snickered and slapped a card down. "Dark Mathematician (1000/500) in defense mode." A bearded demon appeared on his field in a crouching position. "When this monster is summoned I must send three cards from my deck into my graveyard." He slid three cards into his graveyard slot. "Then I play the magic card Flames of Hell!" The demon screamed and exploded into flames. "This card lets me special summon Diablo (2000/1700) to the field!" A towering red-skinned demon appeared on his field in a standing position. "This monster, when summoned, allows me to play Necrowhip!" A whip made of red muscle tissue appeared in the hand of the demon. "This card lets me special summon out monsters from my graveyard to the field!"
The forms of the Dark Mathematician appeared on the field. Next to it was a towering red-skinned ogre. "This is Dark Basher." (2400/0) "As long as it is on the field, all Dark monsters deal damage through defense. Because of the effect of my Necrowhip I cannot attack during this turn." Rykiel pointed at the Dark Mathematician. "And when summoned this monster forces three cards off of my deck. End turn."
Daniel drew. ("What am I going to do…?") Glancing at the drawn card, he closed his eyes and smiled. "I'm not so easy to bum rush. From my hand I play the magic card Turn Back the Clock! By discarding one card from my hand I can return all the cards to my field that was destroyed one turn ago. However, all cards on my field are sent to my graveyard at the end of the turn!"
His Red Gadget returned the field, and so did his two face-down cards. "Now activate face-down trap monster! Go Mobile Fortress Stronghold!" (0/2000) A huge white robot appeared on the field in a crouching position. "Then I play the magic card True Bond of Brothers! By paying 1000 life points I can special summon two level four or lower monsters of the same type as a monster on my field! Go Green Gadget (1400/600) and Yellow Gadget!" (1200/1200) A yellow robot and a green robot appeared on his field in standing positions. "You've just lost. While the three Gadgets are on the field Mobile Fortress has an attack power of 3000!" (3000/2000) The huge white machine snapped its fist forwards and shattered Diablo.
Daniel- 3000
Rykiel- 3000
Rykiel smirked as his monster disappeared and the Necrowhip's effect sent his other monsters to the graveyard. "Impressive…but not good enough. When destroyed by an effect other than battle, Dark Mathematician lets me draw three cards." Sliding three cards off of his deck, the genetic demon licked his lips at whatever he saw.
"Go Gadgets, direct attack!" The three machines launched forwards, ready to pound Rykiel's head in. "You've lost!"
"Oh have I?" Rykiel slid all three cards into his disk. "Activate the effect of Kuriboh." (300/200) Three furballs appeared onto his field, and each one squeaked right before it was blown apart by the tackle of one of the machines.
"Three Kuribohs?" Daniel frowned and slid a card into his disk. "I activate Emergency Provisions. This magic card lets me sacrifice Mobile Fortress Stronghold and my face-down card to gain 2000 life points!" The giant white robot and the face-down cards both shimmered out of existence. "End turn." The three Gadgets disappeared as the second effect of his magic card went into effect.
Daniel- 5000
Rykiel- 3000
Rykiel drew. "You're good, but you still have too many flaws with your deck. Let me show you what I mean." He slapped the card down. "I summon Dark Scales!" (1500/1200) A demon carrying a pair of metal scales on its back appeared on the field. "Now I make a direct attack on your life points!" The monster released a blast of energy out of its eyes that slammed into Daniel's chest.
Daniel- 3500
Rykiel- 3000
"When Dark Scales deals damage to your life points, I draw one card." The genetic demon drew and slid the card into his disk. "I set this card face-down on the field and end my turn."
Daniel drew. "I'm not finished yet!" Holding up his drawn card, he smirked. "This magic card is called Keeper's Ritual. By sacrificing four level stars worth of monsters I can ritual summon out a monster!" He discarded the Yellow Gadget in his hand and a robot with a huge wrench on its back appeared on the field. "This is the Keeper of the Clock Tower!" (1400/1600) "When summoned he lets me play Clock Tower from any location!"
All around them the field warped and turned into the inside of a giant clock tower. "Within this place, all Clockwork monsters gain 200 extra attack and defense points! Also, every turn a counter will be attached to this card!" (1600/1800) "Attack the Dark Scales now Keeper!"
"Trap card activate!" Rykiel snickered as an explosion of flames consumed the Keeper and blew it. "Supreme Death activates when you declare an attack. It destroys your monster and forces cards off of my deck equal to the level of the monster." He slid four cards off of his deck and inserted them into his graveyard.
Daniel closed his eyes and frowned. "End turn."
Rykiel drew. "I summon Dark Salamander!" (1900/700) A dark-skinned lizard appeared on the field. "Direct attack!" Both of his monsters blasted Daniel with their respective attacks and returned to their master's field.
Daniel- 100
Rykiel- 3000
"And as per the effect of Dark Scales, I draw one card." Rykiel removed the top card from his deck and slid it into his disk. "Finally, I set this face-down and end my turn."
Daniel drew. "Pot of Greed!" Snapping two cards off of his disk, he nodded and threw both down. "When drawn, Clockwork Runners (500/500) are summoned in defense mode immediately and I draw one card." He slid two cards off of his deck while a pair of machine mice appeared on his field. "Then I sacrifice these two monsters to summon out Clockwork King!" The two mice disappeared and were replaced by a towering metal robot in regal robes. (2600/2400) "This monster, when summoned, forces the turn count of the duel ahead by one turn for every monster in my graveyard!"
Turn Count since Clock Tower's activation- 7
"Go King, attack the Dark Scales!" The machine monster leapt forwards and punched a hole in the demon's chest.
Daniel- 100
Rykiel- 1900
Rykiel snapped his fingers and his face-down card flipped up. "I activate the trap card Healing Breeze. When a monster on my field is destroyed as a result of battle I gain 2000 life points."
Daniel- 100
Rykiel- 3900
Frowning, Daniel slid a card into his disk. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Rykiel drew. "And to counter your King I sacrifice Dark Salamander to summon Dark Thundercloud!" (1800/800) A black cloud appeared over his field. "This monster, when summoned, destroys all machine monsters in play!" The Thundercloud released a blast of lightning that blew Daniel's monster apart. "Now feel my direct attack!" The cloud rumbled and released a blast of lightning that hurtled towards Daniel.
Daniel motioned to his set card. "I activate Safeguard!" A steel shield appeared in front of him and blocked the attack. "This quickplay magic card defends one target from an attack."
Snarling, Rykiel took a deep breath. "You're much better at dodging than Rikuo…but you cannot dodge any longer. End turn."
Daniel drew. "I won't be dodging anymore! Go magic card!" An explosion of energy curled around his arm. "This card is called Burst of Power. When activated, I may draw three cards at the cost of discarding my whole hand at the end of the turn!" Sliding three cards off of his deck, the half wolf-demon smirked. "Get ready, because by the end of this turn I won't have a hand to discard anyway."
His first card appeared on the field. "I activate Clock Hand. This card lets me special summon one level three or lower Clockwork monster from my deck to the field!" A robot in priestly robes appeared on the field. "Clockwork Priest (1500/1300) in attack mode! And when this card is summoned I create one Clockwork Gear Token!" (500/500) A little metal gear appeared on the field next to its creator. "They won't be sticking around long though, because I sacrifice both of these creatures to summon out Irios the Steel Monarch!" (2700/2300) A humanoid robot made of gears appeared on the field. "During the turn this monster is tribute summoned its attack is doubled if it my only attacking monster!" (5400/2300)
"I'll still live through the damage." Rykiel snickered calmly. He knew that his next draw was going to be capable of destroying Irios.
"Actually," Daniel held up the last card in his hand. "From my hand I activate the quickplay magic card Limiter Removal! When played, this card doubles the attack of all machine monsters!" (10800/2300) "Go Irios, wipe out the Thundercloud!" The machine monarch charged…
…and stumbled to a stop, looking up at the Thundercloud helplessly. Then it exploded into dust.
Rykiel started to laugh crazily. "You fool! Dark Thundercloud cannot be attacked by earth attribute monsters. Therefore, the secondary effect of Limiter Removal destroys Irios, since you have no other moves to play!"
Daniel's eyes went impossibly wide. ("No way….I'm going to lose because of my own mistake.")
Rykiel drew. "Farewell. Dark Thundercloud, attack his life points directly!" The cloud released a blast of black lightning that hurtled down towards Daniel.
"I'm not out yet! Super Electric Turtle (0/1800) has an effect that can only be used in my graveyard!" Bolts of lightning launched out of Daniel's graveyard and intercepted the other attack. "It will negate one attack."
"Clever…" Rykiel slid a card into his disk. "So I set one card face-down and end my turn."
("Super Electric Turtle was a good secret to use…but now I'm down to my next draw.") Daniel looked down at his deck…and felt a pulse. ("That feeling…") His eyes widened slightly as the top card of his deck started glowing. ("Alright, it's time to see just what's behind door number one.") He drew, held the card up to his face, and sneered. "Rykiel…this duel is far from done."
"Hm?" The genetic demon crossed his arms across his chest and waited patiently. ("I want to savor your last moments of pride. Then I'll rip that pride away from you, Pilkington.")
"You heard me." Daniel slid the drawn card into his disk. "It's time to awaken a monster you cannot defeat."
"A monster I cannot defeat. You must be delusional…there is no such thing." Rykiel thumbed at himself. "I am perfect."
"We'll see…"
To be continued…
To Seeker of the Soul: That's a good point you bring up. Can the younger students even hope to defeat the Chaos Riders if they had to face them?
To Gryphinwyrm: Deondre says that he appreciates the cheering.
To Bobbomp: Zombyra freak huh? Bah! This guy's pretty mild compared to some of my other villains.
To Anime Albino: Not every chapter can have a Kuriboh in it.
To Demon Fan: Weak huh? Is that why he was messing up Deondre?
To Seth: So I guess that's Ken's new nickname.
To Luna's Meow: Indeed I did actually. Rikuo briefly explained it during the World Tour Arc when he was dueling Sestros.
To Hogwarts-Knight: I'm not going to tell you what his best card is. Sorry, you'll have to wait until the next chapter.
